Platform-scale



BEST AVAILABLE COP MW e h S e h S 3 Y R E M E H A (No Model.)

PLATFORM SCALE.

Patented June 5,1883.

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{ PLATFORM SCALE. N0. 278,902. Patented June 5,1883.

. g N 3) WITNESSES M w I INVENTOR UNITED STATES PATEN'I QFFICEQ BEST AVAXLABLE COP ALBERT u. EMERY, or now .ronn. x. r., AbblUXOl-t TU run EMERY scams COMPANY. OF STAM PLATFORM-SCALE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letter Patent No. 278902, dated June 5, 1883.

Application tilt-d l-ebruary 5, tirr l. (X'o model.)

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known thatll, ALBERT H. EMliR-Y, of

The subicet ot' this invention is a scale in which the pressure is transmitted from a loadplatform to the weigh-beam through the me- The platform is secured against horizontal movement by.t'hin flexible plates which are strained by screws and nuts to adjust and fix the Platform in horizontal position. A numi 5 her of movable liquid-pressure chambers under theIpla-tform comnnmicate by "separate pipes wit-Iran equal number of small ehambeis with pressi'u'e-columns'bearing on the main column of the weigh-beam. Theliquid-pressuie pipes 1 are coupled to the small pressure-column chain hers by hollow screw-plugs. attached permancnt-ly to the ends of the pipes, and in some cases, levels are employed to receive'the pressure from the small chambers and transmit reduced pressu're'two the column which acts on the weighbeam. The main column is stayed horizom tally byflerible plat-es clamped to the top'and bottom and to the surrounding. casing, and for adjustment, and shipping is fixed againstyero ti'cal ni'ovement'by set-screws. The fulcrumjoints of the beama-re'tbrmed of thin flexible plates inserted in gaging-notchesand securely clamped at; their edges. The stationary pillar surrounding the pressure-column has a: remov:

5 able head with an upwardlyprojeating lug for the fulcrum attachment of the beam. The

pressure-column has a removable head $llT-1 mounted by an intermediate column flexibly connected iiuthit and withthe beam to-permit- '40 to thelatter a'slight horizontal play, due to the attachment-0f its flexible fulcrum and trans mit-tin plates on difi'erent leve'ls. To oompensatc for changes in the liquid-pressure due to variationsin'teinpei'ature, the up ward press- 5 ure on the c'olumiris opposed by a spring and along rodof more expansiblemet-abthan the column attached ,adj ustably to then ainfr-ame. The weighbeam carries supplemental eight-rod parallel with thema-in beam, mov- 'ing inunis0n therewith, and having separate Weights .for balancing-and weighing; -Fro n thei'ree end ot'the beam at eight-rod is sus pended by a flexible plate. 'l.o this rod the primary weighing weights are applied, and tiles-aid rod is marked with graduations and numbersuso that the number appea ring directly above the uppermost weight will indicate the ctl'ect or value on the scale of the whole-number of weights which may be in position on the weight-rod at any time. To thefulcrum end of the n'eiglrbeam is rigidly secured a supple" mental beam projecting beyond the fulcrum.

To the extremity of this si'lpplemental beam-is suspended by a'tieyible plate. a supplemental rod carrying \\-'eights which counteractthe'65 primary weighing-weights, and are removed as required to balance theload on the platform, the remova of the supplemental weights suspended from the fulcrum end of the beam and beyond the fulcrum having the same efi'ect 7o as the addition of weights at the weight end of the beam. The weight .end of the beamconnects by flexible plates with an indicatorrod or secondary beam having much greater angular nmtiomcarrying a movable weight,and working at its extremityn'ithin a guide and in proximity to a graduated indicz'ttor-plate. The vertical play of the indicator-rod is liinited by an adjustable stop. Suitable stops are also provided to check its longitudinal movement. 8 c On a'rear projection of the indicator rod is mounted adjustably a standard v carrying a vertically adjustable weight, which, being above the center'of motion 01' the rod, in-. creases the scnsit iveness of the scale by'ex ertingaii increasing or decreasing leverage as the rod is deflected upward or downward. The. beanran'd iudic-atoi rod are each stayed against; lateral motion by flexiblerodsorplates fixed to the stationary frame or case,and conc neoted, respectively, with the weight,- end of v the main beam and with the fulcrum-bracket of the'indica-tor-rod. Springs are interposed bet-weenthe platform and its supports-t0 prevent shock. F01 filling the pressure-cham- ,berswit-h liquid, openings are. provided and vents to permit; the escape of air disytilaced by the pressure-liquid,- the filling-openings and airrents bing securely closed by plugs after the pressnrefchainbers are filled. n

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 17 is afront elevation, partly in section,.- of :the'

weighing apparatus without the platform and platform-frame. Fig. 18 is a side elevation,

partly in section. of the entire apparatuson a smallerscale.- Fig. 1.9 is a plan of the platform-frame'and supports thereof. also on a smallcr'seale, omitting. the platform. Fig. 20

- is a. v.ertical.section of oneof the platformsupports. Fig. 21 is a'verti -al section of the base of the beam-frame pillar, and ()f iis press ure-cohimn and its accessories. Fig.- 22 is a vertical section of a stay-plate and attachments for adjusting andholding the platform horizontally. Fig. 23 isa front elevation of the two ends of. the beam and its accessories,

showing; parts of the snpporting frame. pillar.

Fig. 26 is aplan of the end .of the indicatorrod. "Ifig.'27 isa plan illustrating a moditicationin the construction of the rod, with adjustablestopsapplied thereto. Fig. 17="re resents a front elevation of the weigh-frame, beam, and attachments suitable for a scale of "-very large capacity. Fi 216" is a vertical Patent.

section of a hydraulie-pressure support adapt ed for scales of very large capacity. 217" and 218 are sections showing some de- .tails of the saidsuppoit on a larger scale.

161 represents a stationary bed or't'rame for the reception of a lozuljilattbrm. It? which rests on: four supports. more or less, preferably constructed substantially as shown in -Fig. 20. .'lhis'snpport have described and claimed in another application for Letters The present applicmion does not reiate to any peculiar construction of support, and is not limited thereto. As h'ere-illus trated, the support is constructed as follows: A base-plate, 163, receives the nozzle 164 of one of the litptid-eonductirig pipes, 1.65, in an orifice leading from a liquid-chamber formed inthe upper surface of the liaise-plate, and covered by a diaphragm, 166, fastened to the --.bas e,at its periphery. bysolderingor otherwise, and similarly' secured at its inner edge to the bottom of the support-column 167. The upper .part of the column consists of a flanged head, 167, removable from the base of the column, and permanently secured to the l external shell or casing. 168. by a thin flexible stay-plate, 169, soldered or otherwise secured in grooves formed for it in the column-head and easing, as shown. The column-head receives on top a soli d rubber-spring, 17 U, which is encircled by a ring, 171, to confine -it. A

flange or bell-shaped cap, 172, rests on the spring 170, and extends outward and down- "ward over the top of the casing to shield and protect the working parts. v

' Fig. 216 shows a; modified construction of su ort.' F-i 217'shows the sealin devices on a larger scale.

The platform is adjusted horizontally, and secured againsthorizontal movement by stay- .Fi I

BEST AVAlLABLE COP plates 173. tits-toned at their respective ends-to lugs 1'74 and 17.), Fig. 22. ne bolted permanently to the platform. and the other connected to the frame. by a straining-bolt, 176. and nutl77; or. it' prctt-rred, the permanent attachment is made to the stationary frame mud the straining attachment to the platform.

In some situations the most. convenient access to the nuts 177 can be had by placing them on the outside of the frame. it the frame be surrounded by walls. so as to be i'inapproachable t'rom'the outside. the nuts can be placed on the inside and reached through openings in the platform, or by placing the stay-plates on top and the lugsbenmth, as shown in Fig. 18, the nuts 177 may be flPplOilCllQtl from below.

Y The liquid-pipes 16:") t'ortransmitting pressure from the supportcolumns .167 communibeis 179. set removably in the base of the. pillar 1.81. as shown in Fig. 21. The chain bersare covered by diaphragms 1S2, fastened at their peripheries by rings 183, the joint be ing; secured by a sealing-ring. 1.8 .1, on the out-- side, cxtemling beneath the enlarged head of the chamber-piece. 'lhc 'n essureis communicated to a small column. 185. and on these columns 1S5. which in the present illustrations are four in number. (there being one for each chamln'n'.) the base 136 of the main press ure-columnllhi rests.

The lower end of the pressure-colunm v187 andits base 156 are secured against horizontal motion by a. flexible annular stay-plate, 188,

the inner edge of which is clamped between said column and its base, while the periphery of thc'plate is clamped between the pillarbase 180 and pillar 181. .The pillar 181 and base 1S0 are fastened together by bolts and nuts 189. Fig-:17. The column .187 and its 'bz'ise-plate 186 are fastened together by astrong central tap-bolt, 1.90. Fig. Ll, which is itself tapped 'with acentralthreaded opening to re ceive a screw, 191, which is. fitted loosely within a hollow bolt, 192, screwed into the-center ot the pillai basc 181). By means of the (30111- bined screws 19.1 and .192, the latter limiting the descentof the column and the former firmly holding it down, the said column may be fixed rigidly in position for transportation,

or in setting up and adjusting any part of the scale when required.

The column 187 is formed at top with a removable sercw head, 193, Figs. 17 and 23, which clainps the inner edge of a flexible annular fixing-plate, 1911, the outer edge of which is clamped between the removable pillar-head and the pillar 181. which are fastened .together by bolts 196. 4

The removable pillar-head is constructed with an upwardly-projccting lug or standard. 197, to which is clamped, by a plate, 198, a thin flexible compression-plate, 199. Thelower' edge-of this plate is clamped by a plate, 200, to a fulcrum-block, 201, secured by screws 202 to the heel of the beam 203. The fulcrumblock 201 also clamps at its lower edge a flexi- "eatc through screw-nozzles 178 with chamble transmit-tingplate, 204:, connectingit with an intermediate column, 205, which is connected by another thin transmitting-plate, 206,, with the head 193 of the main pressureeohim n. 5, ,"207-frepresents a rod ofcopper, brass, or

other metal more expansibleby heatthan the material of the column 187 and pillar 181. I:h'is'rod, being fixed. at top in a spring, 208, and at bottom in'fthe' base 186 of the column,

10, exerts a downward 'pressure, which increases- ;under an'incre'asc 'of .tempe1'ature,so to resist undue pressure which t he liquid in the, pressure-chambers would develop from the same cause.

- at its rear end, and held at'its central part by an adjustable post, 2l0, threaded as shown, and clamped, bymeans of nuts 211 2-12, within" :ja' slot i11 thescale fraine 213, so that the post may adjusted horizontally to regulate the stifiness ofthc spring.

Thej'scale-frame 213 may be cast with orpei- :manently secured to .the pillar 1S1. At the p wei ghtzend of scalea'. standard, .214, rises i5 iroln the frame, aftfording'attaehment fora susj ensionsplate, 215, co1inected; through ahanggs'ensitiveness of the scale, and secured in posijtion by'a thread ,on-the rod 221, or by a set- 223; represents a tare-weight sliding on the 40 rod for approximately bal ancing the scale.

More accurate balancing is effected by the use of the weight 224,- slidingoxi a weight-rod, 225,

attached tothe mainbeam. The end of the indicator-rod is notched, as shown at 226, Fig.-

- -28, and works within. a vertiealslot'ted guide,

227,' 'provided with an adjustable stop, 228, to

limit the Vertical motion. It is preferred to form a thread on the rod, asshown in liig. 27,

andprovide it with a pair of stop-nuts, 2 9..

230-represenisa graduated indicator )late to show accurately the position of the rod.

The main beam is graduated, as shown at 231, for the purpose of weighing upio one thousand pounds, for example, by'the use of a sliding weight, 232. Asmaller weight, 234,

' sliding on the rod 225, maybe used, in conneee i 2. O,

tionlwith the graduations I to indicate po'unds'and fractions thereof. A bar, 235, suspended fromthe end of the beam byflexiblepldtes 236, receives the main weights 237, the value of which may be read by the figures directly at the tone! each as it is-placed in position.

For the attawhmcnt of t-hcthin flexible plates 220 and 236, the end of the beam is provided with a block or lug, 203", made wide laterally,

M shown in Fig. 24. A similar lateral exten-- p The spriilg 208,10 which'the rod 15 .-is atta' ched,,isjfixed to a stud or standard, -209,

216, andfseeond ,thin flexible plate, 217

plate 'fwmiections 220 to the extremity nrmvo BEST AVAILABLE COP sion'is provided at the-heel of the beam for the reception of the fulcrum-block 201 andtra-nsmitting-plate 201. *In these blocks or lat- 'eral extensions the weight-rod225 ismounted. To secure the weight end of thebeam' against lateral movement, a flexible rod or plate, 238, is secured at oneend to the stationary frameor case, and atthe other end,-l y a screw, 239, *(shown in dot-ted lines in Fig. 24,) or by other Suitable 'nieans, to the wide. lug; or block at the end of the beam 203. A similar rod, 238, socured at one end to thestat-ionary frame or case and at the other end, by a screwy-239, or other. .ineans, to the fulcrum-holder 218 of the .indicater-rod 219, secures this rod. against lateral motion. These rodsor plates maybe round, square, or fiat, as preferred. They are preferably passed through cavities, as-showh, and fixed by screws 240 240, or other means, tothe frameor ease. The attachments are made at or near the extremities of the rods or plates to give them the necessary freedom for vertical flexure or toisioual motion, as the case may. be.

"The mode of setting the flexible i'ulcrumplates inreocsscsor rabbets in the clampplates which hold them, orin the parts'to be .coiiiieoted, affords aconveniciit and accurate mode ofgagin'g the depth of their insertion. Such plates being prepared, a large number together, of accurately uniform width, have only tobe pressed home upon the bottom of.

the notches and clamped by theclamp-plates to insure the proper adjustment and proximityof the separated parts. 'lhe interposition of the intermediate column, 205, with. flexible joints between the head of the mainpressure-J column and the bCzLlll,-P6llllit$ the horizontal play 0 [the joint 204., which is necessary where the fulcruins 199 and 204 are on different lev. els.

It is ibund beneiicial to have-the fulcrum- 199 'and transmitting-joint 204r zit-different heights, for the following reasons: Under increased pressure the diaphragms are found to offer increased resistaneeto their deflect-ion,- produced by the mot-ion of thepressure-column under, oscillations of the beam; butby placing-the fulcruins of the begun on different levels it will be observed that as the beam is elevated it becomes ale-yer of decreasing power by the incl-casein length of its short arm, and

in like manner as itis lowered it becomes a lein other applications-of evendate herewith.

Figs. 212* and as. both showthe 'meth0d or platform which carries weights-237, sufiicient =1n number and'siz'e to balance one l'iundrcd 4 BEST AVAlLABLECOP connecting the di-tiphragmltiti' and chamberlining 1265 where they are soldered together .at their outer bent edges. .Fig. 217 shows on a larger scale an'annular diaphragm, 166, and an annular lining-ring, 1265, soldered together and to the pressure-colunm 16 7 and chamberbase 163, respectively. It also shows-the cor.- ducting-plug 1381,sold.ered to-the lining 1265. Fig. 17"i s a front elevation. of a weigh-beam and accessories suitable lor anw-ry large scale,

those here shown being for a scaiefofone-miL' -lion pounds capacity. s

' Tothe left-hand end of the beam 2ll3 i's cured the-supplementary \vcig'ht-b'eam 203,

consisting of two parts-one passing" in front and the other to the rear of the fulcrum-block or standard 197-and having attached to their outer ends a-clamp-plate, to which the weight:- rod. 235 is suspended by a thin-flexible plate or plates, 236". i

' thc weights237 of the weight rod 235, so that On the lower end of the \VeiQht I-od 235*is thousand pounds on the platibrnrofthe scale.

The scale isbalancedbefore' loading with these weights 237?, all in position-on the weight-rod anccd by their removal. I This permits the addition or removal of weights to balance'one hundred-thousand pounds, or-any fractional part thereof, without removing oradding to no disturbance of the weights for even-hunseen that when a load upon the scale is bal-' anccd by the weights 237, 237, 232, and 234 dreds for ten thousand pounds, and with a slid-' mg weight, 234, with giadua-tions by pounds up to one hundred pounds. It will thus be the aggregate amountof suchload will be read directly from the. mark ings on the weight-rods 2. 5235 and beam 203 without airyzulditions or subtractions, the hundreds olthousa-nds being shown by the figures atthe topotthe upper weight renminiug on the rod 235, the tens oi thousands by the iiguresat the top of the uppermost weight, 237, on the rod 235, the thousands and hundreds by the position of the weight 232-011 the beam .203, and the tens and units by the position of the weight 234 on the beam 203. 3

In cases where it is undesirable to apply to the column or columns acting on the weighbeam the full pressure derivcd from the plultbrm-s1ipp0rt .l. inter-pose an apparatustermed a "reducer, consisting of av column or columns mounted by plates or diaphragms within a suitable casing, so as to receive at one end theprcssurc derived i'rom the platform-sup"- ports, throughthe small chambers connected therewitlu'niul transmit. from the other end pressure, reduced in anydcsircd proportion, through the medium of a liquid chamber or chambers or suit-ably arranged levers, all which I have fully described under different modificationsin other applications of even date herewith.

\Vhatever novel subiecbmatter l have set forth and not claimed or attempted to claim herein 1. have claimed or attempted to claimin' other applications, or have reserved to be claimed in future original applications. The 't'ollowing' is claimed as new:

1. The fixing-plates173, secured by keys and solder, as described, to lugslflt 175, attached to theplatt'orm and bed orj'rame, respectively.

2. The combiiiation, with the fixing-plates} 17 3, platform 162, and bed 161, of the screws 176 for strainingthe plates-or adjusting the platform in horizontal position, as explained.

3., ln combination with the pillar-base 180,

and with the pressure-coluinn 187. of a scald The p'lntelSU, secured by a cent I'Zll screw,

190, to the bottom ot' the pressure-column 184", serving to attach the fixing-plate '188 thereto. as described.

(3. in combination \\ith thc. pillar-base 18p and column lST, the combined set-screws 192 and Jill, engaging respectively with the pillz'tr-base aml with the bottom ot'the column, or

its plate-screw 190, for adjusting or lixing the column in position.

7. Thescrmv-hezul ltlil and the'diaqohragm 194,.attacl1edthereby, in combination with the pressure-column 187. as set l'orth.

8. A thin flexible l'ulcrunrplale fixed inpo of the intermediate column- 205, connected by thin plates .304 201;; as and for the purpose set forth. I

l1. --J.lie combination, with the pillar orpillar-head195, pressure-column1S7 or itsjointed 27 BESTAVAILABLE COP-- head 193, and beam 203', m fulerum' and transmitting plates 199 and 204, applied ondifferent levels, asand for the purposes explained.

12. The combination,

with a pressu're-coL uinn, 187, of a rod, 207, and spring 208 for for changes in temperature, "as

weighing-weights, as and for the purposes set forth.

15. In apla-ttbrm-seale, in combination with abeam and a weight rod, firmly on which weights are placed to balance aload on the platform, a supplementary weight rod suspended from the beam, on theopposite side of the fixed fulcrum, bythin-plate connections,-

balance a load on the platform,- substantially and carrying weights which are removed to as set forth. 2

16. 'In' a platform-scale, the combination of thebeam203,weight-rods 235 235, and-weights 232 234 1237 237 said beam and weight-rods being graduat forth.

17.- The 'combination, with one or more weight-beams, of anfindicatonrod connected to one of saidbeams by one ormore thin flexible fulorumj-plates,- and having greater angular notion than the weight-beam to which it is connected;

18. The. combination of the indicator-rod 219, longitudinally adjustable in the holding block 218, and the thin attaching-plates 217 220, as and for the purposes set forth.

19; The combination, wit-h theindicat-or-rod 219, of the adjustable attaching -blocl: 221, standard 221, and vertically-adjustablegweight 222, substantially and for the purposes set forth.

20. The combination, with the pillar-head 195 and beam 203, of theindicator-rod 219, in dicator-plate 230, and guide 227, said indicator-plate and guide being attached either to the pillar-head or beam. or oneto each, as preferred.

i 21. The indicator rod provided wit-h'one'or more stops to prevent or limit longitudinal motion, as set forth. i

' 22, The combination, witht-he weightend oi" the main beam, of a flexible rod or plate, 238, attached at one end to the frame or case and at the other end to the beam, to secure it against lateral movement, as described.

23. The combination, with the fulcrum attach'ment 218 of the indicator-rod or secondary beam 219, of a flexible rod or plate, 238,

attached at one end to the frame or case and at the other end to the fulcrum attachment of the indicator-rod, to secure it against lateralmottelncnt, as described,-

24. In a weighing-machine, the combination of a weight-beam and. an indicator-rod having greater angular motion than said beam.

p 25. The combination, with a weight-beam, of an indicator rod, 219, having greater angu, lar motion than said beam, and a weight countel-balancing said indicator-rod, substantially as set forth.-

' ALBERT H. Ell-ER-Y.

\Vitnesses:

' OCTAVIUS KNIGHT,

MAHLOX RANDOLPH. 

